As the headline suggests, the New York Times’ story Friday on one of Colorado’s two presidential candidates is not exactly positive.
In reporter Matt Flegenheimer presents numerous examples that the former governor is not catching on. At a campaign event in New Hampshire last week, Hickenlooper gave his standard stump speech before “tens of listeners.” The first question was, “Why not enter the 2020 Senate race?”
The New York Times story comes on the heels of a mini-breakthrough for the campaign: Hickenlooper received this week — a new high-water mark after months of zero to 1% support.
And he looks like a good candidate on paper, Flegenheimer writes: “It is easy to imagine him succeeding in a past cycle, as a popular, moderate two-term executive of a purple state, known for brokering deals on environmental issues and gun regulation.”
Still, the story’s bottom line is summarized in a photo cutline: “Only five out of two dozen Democrats running for president can credibly claim to be resonating widely so far. Mr. Hickenlooper isn’t one of them.”